Blacktown, New York

Blacktown, New York is a town located in Saratoga County, New York. The town was founded in the autumn of 1777 by Nathaniel Black and settlers from Albany, being a small town. The town was initially founded as a base camp for Black and the Continental Army, and it was raided by Sven Kuechler's Hessians at the same time as the Saratoga campaign. However, some local colonial militamen were recruited from the barracks, and they were able to hold off the attack by the small Hessian force, forcing the Hessians to retreat from the town.